DerVVulfman
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The Weekly Gazette - 02-07-2010
The Universal
Weekly Gazette
(February 1 to February 7, 2010)
]Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Universal Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in RMVXP itself.
Community Center
Announcements and Updates
Posted this week was a thread to notify members that, for your consideration, changes and updates that the forum undergoes are and were being performed with the best of intent. The intent of the thread was also to let the members understand that their feedback was being heard and to remind or refresh our new members of the new guidelines that came into effect the beginning of the year. Like other threads of this nature, it had been sidetracked by some who insist on posting negative feedback. They made claims that their feedback was being ignored and even questioned the manner and wording the announcements were being made, particularly this thread itself.
For the second week in a row, PK8 posted 5 new Arcade games. A rather ambitions goal he has if he intends to keep adding games week to week. This week's lot of games are: Amoeba, Alu's Revenge, Add It Up, 2D Knock-Out and Ad-Break Toilet Dash.
Feedback and Suggestions
Yes, it is true. The Initial spaces in the first line are ignored by the code tag. It is a problem with the CODE box in MyBB and is not the result of any plug-ins or edits to the forum structure itself. So it is not something that can readily be fixed by the management or technical staff (which are currently one and the same).
And Bacon asked about any Changes that would be appreciated within the forum. He asked that this not be counted as a critique thread but one for just visible changes or additions one would like seen. For example, some have asked to see a new skin for the forum.
Meanwhile, Computerwizoo7 asked " Is it Just me is my post count decreasing?" Yes. Yes it is, but the same went for anyone who posted within the Feedback thread. Due to the recent amount of spam posts within certain feedback threads, it was decided to exclude the feedback forum from increasing post counts. But due to some criticism and pressure, the feedback forum now supports post counts once again.
Lastly, FreakOfNature asked where to start character spriting thread and where to put it.. So Wyatt told him to consider the Design and Development forum.
Introductions and Farewells
General Chat
Oh, my god. There are really some stupid Facebook fan pages out there. Don't believe me? Take a look.
FreakOfNature started up his Fon-jr OCP which are the first characters to be created with his basic template (i think). Please feel free to comment but don't post any of your own work in here.
And like always, we're curious as to What's on your mind?
Gaming and Entertainment
It's been slow within the Gaming/Entertainment forum (go figure), but Wyatt posted The Arcade Thread which makes for a good tie-in thread for RMVXP's arcades. Record your high scores and brag... go wild. A good enough idea, it deserved to be 'stickied'.
Fun and Games
Who would have thought that when Unirvaledneo challenged us to Count to a million that we would be nearing the 100 mark in just over a week? Well, we're near the 100 mark already.
And back from the dead is the Rate the above poster's avatars topic. Have fun comparing your avatar to those of your fellow member's.
Speaking of back from the dead, the long running Word Association has returned. It's one of the more popular word games that PK8 started last year along with some others.
RPG Maker
Complete Projects
Upcoming Projects
Legends of Loria, by Kristovsk, takes place in the world of Gaia. You can choose to venture on your own or follow the storyline across the diverse land of Loria. Learn the the history of the land and the different cultures as you find your way around. A demo is available
Bacon bumped his game, A Story of Love. his latest post has some great new pictures including a forest screenshot.
It didn't take long for Valdred to give us some more news regarding Blood of the Gods In fact, he announced that mapping is halfway done and a demo is going to be available soon.
And only after joining this week, BasharTeg posted his upcoming project, Terra Chimera - Soulfire which has a playable demo. His game is about a young soldier who has disturbing dreams of a life that wasn't his while he and his friend search for a mysterious artifact that may not even exist.
Development Discussion
Now let's face it. The What's up topic isn't going anywhere. So I mentioned it right away.
The discussion on Big Maps vs. Small Maps has returned and always has some good points for either side. For new to mapping, this thread is a worthwhile read.
And Bacon just created a new discussion on World Maps He has a number of questions about world maps for both player and game designer viewpoints. Let's hear from you how you feel about world maps.
Support
First off, ShadowIce is asking for Help Making Random Maps with Tonbi's Random Map Generator (available in the forum). It is an advanced script so those new to using RGSS and RPGMaker XP could end up a little confused.
Kristovski is trying To Find Charasets that he saw elsewhere that are custom 'dead character' characersets that compliment the existing RMXP RTP graphics. If anyone is familiar with these charactersets, please respond.
Mila26 still needs some comments on his title screen. Anyone?
Silne30 has a conflict between his Level Up Point Spending System and Minkoff's Animated Battlers in that his Level Up system is showing the whole spritesheet instead of a selected battler frame.
Tutorials
User-Submitted Resources
First off, we got a new Sprite Dump from Wyatt. Other than a single characterset within the post, this is a nice small selection of tileset graphics.
Earthboy's younger brother, Theodoric posted some my new VX sprites, so if you're using RPGMaker VX, these are perfect for you.
And as always, Lunarea has given us more to her RTP Tileset Add-On topic. She has now added a variety of palm trees. And as a special request, added a medical curtain for Silne30.
Finally, yami_vp posted a few RMVX Charset Recolours you can add to your project. But he added to the thread that credit for these recolors goes to PinedaVX of RpgMakerVX.
Resource Requests
And a nod Bolt who just got his Graphics Artist thanks to putting in the request.
User-Submitted Scripts
Charlie Fleed bumped his FFIX Skills Activation System by updating it so the script allows you to manage the amount of Skill Activation Points available at each level.
Zarox notice the link was down in Ccoa's Weather Script topic. Now, her famous script is available within the first post..
DerVVulfman posted one of The Oldest Japanese Sideview CBS known to RPGMaker XP-dom. The name of the Japanese scripter is unknown, but the script is from the 2005-2006 era.
Newcomer, kingartur2, posted an Animated Tileset[/b system that allows an entire tileset to be animated. Ever liked it when the grass in your favorite Super Nintendo game waved in the breeze? Now you can accomplish this yourself.
And Kain Nobel posted version 3.5 of his [b]Map : Change Encounters system which allows you to alter the map' encounter list and steps values in-game.
Script Requests
Well, Zackxxi asked for a script that would change enemy encounters on a map and Zarox managed to find an old backup of Kain Nobel's "Change Encounters" script. Yes, the same one that Kain Nobel posted later this week. Let's hand it to both Zarox and Kain for coming through for this one.
And Zarox is looking for a State Defense Script which allows one status effect state to literally cancel out another, such as an 'anti-poison' state which would make one immune to 'poison' effects.
Finally, fgsfds is asking for a Absolute shield effect system so you need to perform sufficient enough damage to the shield before the target suffers HP loss.
Well, that's it for this week.
And just remember: "In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap." - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Special Notice:
If you are the creator of a thread in RMVXP, you have the option of sending/writing your own entry into the Gazette. The Gazette is now accepting write-in announcements (which will be doublechecked). Just PM DerVVulfman with the submissions.
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- Cord "Circle of Iron", 1978 (written by Bruce Lee and James Coburn... really...)
Personal standpoint...
"I believe in giving people options, not 'forcing' only one script or system upon everyone. Adaption is key, not specialization. Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness."
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